ONCAP-backed wood pellets producer Pinnacle set to list: Reuters

Wood pellets producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc, owned by Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp, wants to raise about $175 million (US$136 million) through a Toronto initial public offering, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters this week. A successful deal would make it the second-biggest renewable energy IPO in Canada after TransAlta Renewables Inc raised $221 million in 2013, according to Thomson Reuters data. Onex has hired CIBC as the lead underwriter for the IPO, the sources said. ONCAP, a unit of Canadian buyout firm Onex that focuses on the middle market, acquired a majority stake in Richmond, British Columbia-based Pinnacle in May 2011 for $71 million.

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